The Weekly Carnage
The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle violence across the five boroughs. For more on the origins and purpose of this column, please read About the Weekly Carnage.
2:55 PM EDT on October 24, 2014
The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle violence across the five boroughs. For more on the origins and purpose of this column, please read About the Weekly Carnage.
Fatal Crashes (4 Killed This Week; 164 This Year*)
- Glendale: Martin Srodin, 46, Killed by Semi Truck Driver in Crosswalk; No Charges (Streetsblog)
- Prospect Heights: Winnifred Matthias, 77, Struck by Dump Truck Driver at Flatbush and Atlantic; No Charges (Streetsblog, DNA, WCBS, Bklyn Paper, Gothamist)
- Sunset Park: Jose Chevere, 30, and Jalissa Otero, 24, Thrown from Motorcycle After Crashing Into Cement Wall on Gowanus Expressway (DNA)
Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage
- Astoria: Unlicensed Recidivist DWI Hit-and-Run Driver Strikes Elderly Pedestrian (Post, News, NY1)
- UWS: Driver Mounts Pedestrian Island Bollard at W. 97th Street and West End Avenue (Streetsblog)
- St. Albans: Pedestrian Critical After Driver Slams Into Vehicle, Forcing It Onto Sidewalk (TL)**
- Red Hook: Livery Cab Driver Runs Stop Sign, Sending B61 Onto Sidewalk (News, WNBC, WPIX)**
- Sunnyside: Drunk Driver Crashes Into Parked Cars, Flips Vehicle Onto Sidewalk (Streetsblog)**
- Flatlands: Driver Crashes Into Pole at Bedford and Avenue J; Five Injured (@NYScanner)
- Marine Park: Cops Arrests Wrong-Way Dollar Van Driver on Kings Highway (Bklyn Daily)
- Oakwood: Pedestrian Critical After Driver Hits Her; “No Criminality Suspected” (Advance)
- Concord: Three Injured in Collision on SI Expressway That Overturned Vehicle (Advance)
- Woodrow: Driver Arrested With BAC Almost Three Times Legal Limit (Advance)
* Based on latest available reports
** Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway
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